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As you may have guessed from the somewhat haphazard title, this year's NaNoWriMo has been a bit of a scramble. This is what happens when you think you're all set and then some extra tutoring work comes along on the 1st of November... I struggled on with the schedule I'd set myself for a few …
Continue reading #NaNoWriMo week 1-and-a-bit: In which I reschedule my schedule…
I don't go to the library as much as I used to. There, I said it. Then again, when I was a kid, going to the library was a Saturday morning ritual. Mum and Dad would see me off at the door to the children's library (it was actually a separate room, how posh) and …
Typical. I haven't done a proper blog post for ages - and when I do get round to one, it's for someone else's blog! I'm this week's guest on The Write Stuff... at Shaz's Book Blog, and you can read my piece on research for writing historical fiction here: Visit Shaz's Book Blog The featured …
The title pretty much sums up this blog post! The feeling of growing dread when, having put your NaNoWriMo draft away for a few months, the time comes to bring it out again and actually read the words you wrote last November. The words you hope to make a book from. Will it be a crappy …
Continue reading I finally read my NaNoWriMo draft and it isn’t terrible!
It's been ages since I did a Vennsday post, but I had a moment the other day and hey, why not share it. One of the pieces of advice which I've heard over and over again is that if you self-publish, pretty much all your sales will be ebooks. I took this on board and …
Please forgive the radio silence on the blog for the last week and a half; it's been a bit busy! As of 30 June *wipes brow* the draft of #SecretSequel is finished! It turned out a little more serious than I intended, but I'm cautiously pleased with it. I took the risk of letting my …
Continue reading Camp NaNoWriMo and everything else: a progress update
I had a lovely chat with Bobbi Lerman from Scribbler's Ink the other day, and the resulting interview is up on their blog! Read it here: http://scribblersink.com/new-blog/2016/6/3/the-secret-notebook-of-sherlock-holmes-an-interview-with-author-liz-hedgecock PS You are not allowed to use information about my rubbish superpower against me 😉
I had a lot of fun researching The Secret Notebook of Sherlock Holmes. Something I wanted to do as part of the book was provide links to a few of the sources I used, and information for anyone who might want to explore further. I present...*drumroll*...the Secret Notebook Pinterest board! It's hyperlinked at the back of the ebook, …
Continue reading Introducing…the Secret Notebook Pinterest board!
So, it's the end of my first week as a NaNoWriMo-er. Rather than try to remember what happened every day, I've written a short entry at the end of each day. Ah, if only I'd planned my NaNoWriMo strategy as carefully! Day 1: I'm pretty sure that in my last post about NaNoWriMo I stated …
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